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Most of these Walmart write-ups come from Software Engineers (91), then Product Managers (21) and Data Scientists (13). The most reported rounds are the technical phone screen (47), the hiring manager screen (23), the product sense round (16) and the system design round (13).

139 interview notes · updated Oct 2026

Walmart·Software Engineer·Recruiter / HR Screen

Sep 2026
Applied for a data entry role and the conversation turned to Excel skills pretty quickly. My background is more index/match and countif than vlookup, which felt a little awkward to admit.
  • What is your experience with Excel functions like VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP?

“I had to be upfront that I never really used vlookup or xlookup.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Hiring Manager Screen

Sep 2026
Got asked a weirdly specific behavioral question that I'm still thinking about. The whole thing felt like it was pulled straight from a real incident at the company.
  • You've been unreachable for several hours and your team had to make a major decision without you. Now you're being called into the director's office about it. What do you do?

“The specificity of this question threw me a bit.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Hiring Manager Screen

Sep 2026
Showed up to what I thought was a normal interview and ended up sitting through it side by side with another candidate, salary question and all. Genuinely one of the strangest things I've experienced in a job search.
  • What are your salary expectations?

“Being asked this with another candidate sitting right next to me was a level of awkward I was not prepared for.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Hiring Manager Screen

Sep 2026
Interviewed through a staffing agency for a data entry role with about four years of experience under my belt, including a gap year. The interview took a weird turn when they questioned my choices during that gap.
  • You had a gap in your employment. Why didn't you take on a retail or similar job during that time?

“I genuinely did not see this coming.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Hiring Manager Screen

Sep 2026
Zoom interview for an RN role that went sideways fast. The interviewer stayed off camera, asked a vague scenario question, and never clarified what role I should be answering from. I defaulted to my general nursing perspective and apparently that wasn't what she wanted, but she just sat there in silence instead of redirecting me.
  • In a given healthcare scenario, what would you identify as the top priority and why?

“I answered from a general nursing standpoint because she never said to frame it around the specific role I was applying for.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Hiring Manager Screen

Sep 2026
Applied for a cleaning role at a care home, went through a weirdly bureaucratic process involving three separate forms, got one interview, and was rejected two days later with zero useful feedback. The whole thing stung more than it probably should have.
  • Can you tell me about your experience caring for your mother, and did that leave you unable to work during that period?
  • Can you explain any gaps in your employment history? Were those gaps due to being fired or leaving a job earlier than planned?

“The manager had clearly not read the forms.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Recruiter / HR Screen

Sep 2026
Five-minute audio-only Zoom screen for a Communication Specialist role at a private university. No small talk, no self-intro, no questions allowed at the end. The recruiter's closing line was genuinely the most honest thing I've heard in a year of job searching.
  • Why are you currently looking for a new job?
  • Why do you want to work at this organization specifically?
  • What skills do you have that are relevant to this position?
  • Is there anything else you would like to add?

“She didn't clarify what she meant, so I had to ask.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Onsite - Cross-functional / Panel

Sep 2026
Third-round face-to-face interview after a phone screen and a detailed online stage. The whole thing lasted maybe 10 minutes and ended with the panel visibly running out of things to ask. Walked out feeling like I somehow failed by not looking nervous enough.
  • Do you actually want this job? You seem very calm, almost like you're not that interested.

“Not a formal question but it stung like one.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Executive / Final Round

Aug 2026
Two-round process for a corporate social media role at a smaller established company. First round with the sales/marketing lead went well, final round with someone on the hiring side also felt solid, but the promised callback window came and went with no word.
  • What is your expected start date?
  • What are your salary expectations?

“Easy enough to answer but I second-guessed myself on whether giving too soon or too far out would hurt me.”

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Walmart·Software Engineer·Onsite - Multi Round

Aug 2026
Three rounds for what sounds like a data/insights or digital advertising role, got rejected with detailed written feedback. The feedback was actually pretty thorough which almost makes it worse somehow.
  • Walk us through an example where you used data or insights to drive a meaningful outcome for a customer or client.
  • Describe a situation where you had to build a business recommendation from performance data and then actually get it implemented.
  • Tell me about a time you worked across multiple teams to deliver a positive outcome.
  • Give an example of a difficult situation or disagreement you had to navigate, and what you learned from it.
  • How do you define success for a project or initiative, and how do you measure it?

“This was clearly my stronger territory and I thought I did well.”

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Walmart interview FAQ

What rounds are in the Walmart interview?

Candidates most often report a technical phone screen (47 write-ups), a hiring manager screen (23), a product sense round (16) and a system design round (13).

What does the Walmart technical phone screen cover?

Across 47 technical phone screen write-ups, the most tagged question topics are Algorithms & Data Structures (41 questions), Technical Trade-offs (35) and Product Analytics & Metrics (18).

What is asked in the Walmart hiring manager screen?

Across 23 hiring manager screen write-ups, the most tagged question topics are Adaptability & Ambiguity (21 questions), Stakeholder Management (5) and Technical Trade-offs (5).